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      1 # size_max.m4 serial 10
      2 dnl Copyright (C) 2003, 2005-2006, 2008-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
      3 dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
      4 dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
      5 dnl with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
      6 
      7 dnl From Bruno Haible.
      8 
      9 AC_DEFUN([gl_SIZE_MAX],
     10 [
     11   AC_CHECK_HEADERS([stdint.h])
     12   dnl First test whether the system already has SIZE_MAX.
     13   AC_CACHE_CHECK([for SIZE_MAX], [gl_cv_size_max], [
     14     gl_cv_size_max=
     15     AC_EGREP_CPP([Found it], [
     16 #include <limits.h>
     17 #if HAVE_STDINT_H
     18 #include <stdint.h>
     19 #endif
     20 #ifdef SIZE_MAX
     21 Found it
     22 #endif
     23 ], [gl_cv_size_max=yes])
     24     if test -z "$gl_cv_size_max"; then
     25       dnl Define it ourselves. Here we assume that the type 'size_t' is not wider
     26       dnl than the type 'unsigned long'. Try hard to find a definition that can
     27       dnl be used in a preprocessor #if, i.e. doesn't contain a cast.
     28       AC_COMPUTE_INT([size_t_bits_minus_1], [sizeof (size_t) * CHAR_BIT - 1],
     29         [#include <stddef.h>
     30 #include <limits.h>], [size_t_bits_minus_1=])
     31       AC_COMPUTE_INT([fits_in_uint], [sizeof (size_t) <= sizeof (unsigned int)],
     32         [#include <stddef.h>], [fits_in_uint=])
     33       if test -n "$size_t_bits_minus_1" && test -n "$fits_in_uint"; then
     34         if test $fits_in_uint = 1; then
     35           dnl Even though SIZE_MAX fits in an unsigned int, it must be of type
     36           dnl 'unsigned long' if the type 'size_t' is the same as 'unsigned long'.
     37           AC_COMPILE_IFELSE(
     38             [AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
     39                [[#include <stddef.h>
     40                  extern size_t foo;
     41                  extern unsigned long foo;
     42                ]],
     43                [[]])],
     44             [fits_in_uint=0])
     45         fi
     46         dnl We cannot use 'expr' to simplify this expression, because 'expr'
     47         dnl works only with 'long' integers in the host environment, while we
     48         dnl might be cross-compiling from a 32-bit platform to a 64-bit platform.
     49         if test $fits_in_uint = 1; then
     50           gl_cv_size_max="(((1U << $size_t_bits_minus_1) - 1) * 2 + 1)"
     51         else
     52           gl_cv_size_max="(((1UL << $size_t_bits_minus_1) - 1) * 2 + 1)"
     53         fi
     54       else
     55         dnl Shouldn't happen, but who knows...
     56         gl_cv_size_max='((size_t)~(size_t)0)'
     57       fi
     58     fi
     59   ])
     60   if test "$gl_cv_size_max" != yes; then
     61     AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([SIZE_MAX], [$gl_cv_size_max],
     62       [Define as the maximum value of type 'size_t', if the system doesn't define it.])
     63   fi
     64   dnl Don't redefine SIZE_MAX in config.h if config.h is re-included after
     65   dnl <stdint.h>. Remember that the #undef in AH_VERBATIM gets replaced with
     66   dnl #define by AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED.
     67   AH_VERBATIM([SIZE_MAX],
     68 [/* Define as the maximum value of type 'size_t', if the system doesn't define
     69    it. */
     70 #ifndef SIZE_MAX
     71 # undef SIZE_MAX
     72 #endif])
     73 ])
     74 
     75 dnl Autoconf >= 2.61 has AC_COMPUTE_INT built-in.
     76 dnl Remove this when we can assume autoconf >= 2.61.
     77 m4_ifdef([AC_COMPUTE_INT], [], [
     78   AC_DEFUN([AC_COMPUTE_INT], [_AC_COMPUTE_INT([$2],[$1],[$3],[$4])])
     79 ])
     80